Even though the total investment received in 2020 is lower than that of 2019 ($14.5 billion), the number of deals were higher by 20 percent, the report said

Amazon India's hiring for delivery and supply chain roles is over and above the 50,000 the e-commerce giant had announced in May to meet the post-lockdown demand

Badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown, multiple logistics startups are eagerly waiting for the festive season for demand revival

Last year, India had raised \"serious reservations\" over the Human Capital Index, wherein India was ranked 115 out of 157 countries

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that he will be the first person to take COVID-19 vaccine so as to dispel the \"trust deficit\" around the same; Logistics solutions provider Ecom Express is planning to create 30,000 seasonal roles across its operations over the next few weeks; The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday clarified that passengers can take photos and videos inside flights. Watch this and more on News Blast. Also Read: Chinese investment in India falls 28.5% YoY to $163.77 million in FY20

'Will volunteer to take COVID-19 vaccine first to end trust deficit': Harsh VardhanUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that he will be the first person to take COVID-19 vaccine so as to dispel the \"trust deficit\" around the same. In an interaction on social media, Vardhan said that even as no date has been fixed for the launch of the coronavirus vaccine, it may be ready by the first quarter of 2021. He also said that the vaccine will be given first to the people who need it ...

E-commerce companies see a large chunk of their business coming in during the festive sales and they make significant investments ahead of time to ramp up their capacity to be able to handle the spike in orders

Start-ups are consolidating freight operations via digital maketplaces and using tech for better warehouse management

There has been a massive uptick in the sales in grocery essentials from Tier-II and Tier-III towns as over 200 such cities are ordering the most on Paytm Mall

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Start-ups go for drastic cost cuts as fund raising gets tougher.

There are about 100,000 delivery boys working for around 20 established e-commerce, hyperlocal and traditional logistics companies today delivering an estimated 1.5 million packages every day - everything from electronics to furniture to grocery and food.

The investment momentum in Indian start-ups rocketed over the past five years. PE activity in 2015 touched an all-time high - investments totalled 1,049, over 600 of them in start-ups. The stars of Indian e-commerce became super stars.

Delhi-headquartered Ecom Express was founded in 2012 by a team of four professionals.

With this round of funding, Delhivery's total funds raised stands at over $125 million, which is the highest for start-ups in this space.

Foreign funds have dominated the biggest deals in the Indian e-commerce sector.

Business Today speaks to TA Krishnan, chief executive director of the e-commerce logistics firm Ecom Express, on the genesis of the company, its working, the challenges it has been facing and its future plans.

The rapid strides in the e-commerce sector can be gauged from the growth of another start-up, Quickdel Logistics, which owns the delivery brand GoJavas.

Year 2014 saw the biggest deals in Indian e-commerce arena, largely from global funds, both in terms of consolidation and investment.